The Nanny – 1965

A Hammer film production presented by Associated British Productions Limited afld released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA
Copyright MCMLXV Hammer Film Productions Ltd.- All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound System
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Limited, Herts, England
Black and White 93 mins

Storyline

Nanny is the mainstay of the Fane household, so why does ten-year-old Joey hate her so much? She seems so sweet and innocent, yet he will not eat anything cooked by her, will not sleep in a room prepared by her and will not even take a bath unless she swears to keep out of the room. There must be something wrong with Joey, because there can’t possibly be anything wrong with Nanny, can there:…?

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Assistant Director	Christopher Dryhurst	32	1933	15 Jan 1991	58	1
Based on the novel "The Nanny" by	Evelyn Piper					1
Camera Operator	Kelvin Pike	36	1929	Living	91	1
Continuity	Renee Glynne	38	3 Aug 1926	Living	94	38
Directed by	Seth Holt	41	21 Jun 1923	14 Feb 1971	47	3
Director of Photography	Harry Waxman, BSC	52	3 Apr 1912	24 Dec 1984	72	3
Editor	Tom Simpson					6
Hair Stylist	A.G. Scott					2
Make-up	Tom Smith	44	15 Aug 1920	3 Apr 2009	88	5
Music Composed by	Richard Rodney Bennett	28	29 Mar 1936	24 Dec 2012	76	3
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	57	6 Oct 1907	11 Aug 1993	85	60
Produced by	Jimmy Sangster	37	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65
Production Designer	Edward Carrick	59	3 Jan 1905	21 Jan 1998	93	3
Production Manager	George Fowler	52	21 Dec 1912	29 Nov 1993	80	4
Recording Supervisor	A.W. Lumkin	51	2 Feb 1913	25 Oct 1985	72	30
Screenplay by	Jimmy Sangster	37	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65
Sound Editor	Charles Crafford, GBFE	48	27 Jul 1916	12 Nov 1977	61	4
Sound Recordist	Norman Coggs	48	2 May 1916	1 Jan 1969	52	1
Supervising Editor	James Needs	45	17 Oct 1919	2003	83	94
Wardrobe Consultant	Rosemary Burrows					36
Wardrobe Mistress	Mary Gibson					4

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Bill	James Villiers	31	29 Sep 1933	18 Jan 1998	64	3
Bobby	Pamela Franklin	14	3 Feb 1950	Living	70	1
Dr Beamaster	Maurice Denham	55	23 Dec 1909	24 Jul 2002	92	4
Dr Medman	Jack Watling	41	13 Jan 1923	22 May 2001	78	1
Dr Wills	Alfred Burke	46	28 Feb 1918	16 Feb 2011	92	1
Joey	William Dix	9	29 Jan 1955	Living	65	1
Milkman	Harry Fowler	38	10 Dec 1926	4 Jan 2012	85	3
Mrs Griggs	Nora Gordon	71	29 Nov 1893	11 May 1976	82	4
Nanny	Bette Davis	56	5 Apr 1908	6 Oct 1989	81	2
Pen	Jill Bennett	33	24 Dec 1931	4 Oct 1990	58	1
Sarah	Sandra Power	23	1942	Living	78	1
Susy	Angharad Aubrey	3	1962	Living	58	1
Virgie	Wendy Craig	30	20 Jun 1934	Living	86	1

Footnotes

This was Hammer’s last black and white production.

Bette Davis’s roles in this film and in “The Anniversary” (1968) came about as a result of the fact that Hammer at the time was co-owned by the Hyams, her son-in-law’s family.

Seth Holt, a very experienced film editor from the golden school of Ealing, directed two other films for Hammer – “Taste of Fear” (1961), and “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb” (1971).

Pamela Franklin played the little girl Flora, one of the children beset by ghosts in Jack Clayton’s chilling film “The Innocents” (1961), which was photographed by Freddie Francis.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection